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U.S. Best-selling books for March 11

Kindergarten student Tatyalonna Kastner, 5, makes green eggs and ham with her fellow students at C.T. Plunkett Elementary School in Adams, Mass. on March, 3. Many schools celebrated Dr. Seuss’ 110th birthday this week with activities involving his books and reading. Dr. Seuss books occupied seven of the top 10 slots on the Wall Street Journal’s best-seller list this week.

IndieBound.org compiles a weekly list of best-selling books from independently owned bookstores.

Fiction

1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown and Co.)

2. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (Viking Adult)

3. Bark: Stories by Lorrie Moore (Knopf)

4. Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen (Random House)

5. One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories by B.J. Novak (Knopf)

6. The Martian by Andy Weir (Crown)

7. The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman (Scribner)

8. Ripper by Isabel Allende (Harper)

9. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Crown)

10. The Days of Anna Madrigal by Armistead Maupin (Harper)

Nonfiction

1. Everything I Need To Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book by Diane E. Muldrow (Golden Books)

2. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert (Henry Holt and Co.)

3. The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind by Michio Kaku (Doubleday)

4. The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown (Viking Adult)

5. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand (Random House)

6. David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown and Co.)

7. The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet: Activate Your Body’s Natural Ability to Burn Fat and Lose Weight Fast by Mark Hyman (Little, Brown and Co.)

8. Glitter and Glue: A Memoir by Kelly Corrigan (Ballantine Books)

9. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai; Christina Lamb (Little, Brown and Co.)

10. Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar - Your Brain’s Silent Killers by David Perlmutter; Kristin Loberg (Little, Brown and Co.)

The Wall Street Journal best-selling books. Nielsen BookScan gathers point-of-sale book data from about 16,000 locations across the U.S., representing about 85 percent of the nation’s book sales.

Fiction

1. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss (Random House)

2. One Fish Two Fish by Dr. Seuss (Random House)

3. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss (Random House)

4. Insurgent by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegan Books)

5. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Dutton Books)

6. Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss (Random House)

7. Allegiant by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)

8. Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss (Random House)

9. Dr. Seuss’s ABC by Dr. Seuss (Random House)

10. Oh the Thinks You Can Think by Dr. Seuss (Random House) 1. Concealed in Death by J.D. Robb (Putnam Adult)

Nonfiction

1. The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet by Mark Hyman (Little, Brown)

2. Jesus Calling by Sarah Young (Thomas Nelson)

3. Oh, Say Can You Say Di-No-Saur by Bonnie Worth (Random House)

4. The Virgin Diet Cookbook by J.J. Virgin (Grand Central Publishing)

5. A Short Guide to a Long Life by David B. Agus (Simon & Schuster)

6. Killing Jesus: A History by Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard (Macmillan)

7. There’s No Place Like Space by Tish Rabe (Random House)

8. The Future of the Mind by Michio Kaku (Doubleday)

9. Strengths Finder by Tom Rath (Gallup)

10. The Body Book by Cameron Diaz (Harper Wave)

iBooks’ Official Book Charts

Top Paid Books

1. Divergent by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)

2. Insurgent by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)

3. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Penguin Group US)

4. Allegiant by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)

5. Private L.A. by James Patterson & Mark Sullivan (Little, Brown and Co.)

6. Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup (Atria / 37 Ink)

7. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown and Company)

8. Sycamore Row by John Grisham (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)

9. Take a Chance by Abbi Glines (Atria Books)

10. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (Random House Publishing Group)

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